gmane.comp.tex.macosx

i-Installer

Salvatore Enrico Indiogine — 2008-10-07T03:33:06

I just updated to the latest version of i-Installer and I need to install Latex2rtf. My prof does not like pdf submissions. However, when I click on the package (actually any package) the following message box pops up: Error This i-Package requires at least OS X version: (null). Could not load And the lovely button with "Accept defeat" is the only thing that I can click. I have a fully updated TeXlive 2008 installation. I run the latest version of OSX on a Macbook. Any ideas on what is going on? Google did not help me. Thanks, Enrico

gtamacfonts

Dr. Clea F. Rees — 2008-10-06T18:06:49

Does anybody know if the substantive contents of gtamacfonts has altered or whether the support files etc. are identical to those in previous versions? I moved my installation of gtamacfonts to texlive/texmf-local when I switched to TL which seemed to work fine. I'm just wondering if there is anything to be gained by installing the updated version. Also, if the Hoefler text ornaments are still unavailable for use in LaTeX and anybody is interested, I would be happy to send them copies of the support files I created for this purpose on the understanding that they are strictly experimental. While I can't imagine them sending your hard drive to its death or ordering take-aways behind your back, I don't actually know what I'm doing and haven't tested them on any machine other than my own. I read somewhere that Hoefler changed between Tiger and Leopard. If so, they might not work on Leopard, at any rate. You need gtamacfonts installed to use it as all I did was create the font definition file for LaTeX and a style file which defines a command to access the ornaments. The only documentation is a list which maps numbers to ornaments. You use the numbers to access the ornaments using the command defined in the style file. - cfr ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: i-Installer Announcements from Gerben Wierda

Alain Schremmer — 2008-10-06T13:32:47

On Oct 5, 2008, at 10:03 PM, Richard Koch wrote: OOPS! Seeing this and noting that my version of i-Installer was something like 2.88, and since I am still running 10.4, I thought I would upgrade to 2.91. Well, I wasn't paying too much attention and what I installed turned out to be 2.92. ;-)) This is no big deal since my LaTeX is of the vanilla variety and not expected to change one bit until Apple goes to 10.6 at which time I will go to 10.5. But I would feel a bit more comfortable reverting to 2.91 and I have two questions: 1) Wierda's http://ii2.sourceforge.net/ does not seem to have a special download for 2.91 so where can I find it? 2) Should I find it, how can I install 2.91 on top of 2.92 without messing up permissions and the like—and, if possible, while leaving the terminal alone. Hopeful regards --schremmer ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: TextWrangler integration scripts

Maarten Sneep — 2008-10-06T13:04:01

Have you done this for all AppleScripts? If so, I'd appreciate it if you could send me your compiled scripts off-list so I can quickly update the distribution. I'm still looking for an automated build process, but in the meantime this would resolve the issue nicely. Maarten ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: How to use special characters in TeXShop

Herbert Schulz — 2008-10-06T12:56:53

On Oct 5, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Yu (Ryan) Yue wrote: Howdy, Are you referring to using TeXShop's Symbol Panel; the one you open via the Window->LaTeX Panel... menu item (Cmd-Opt--)? Just select the tab you want and click on the symbol you want; the LaTeX command will be placed in your document. There also is a Symbols Widget that does a similar thing available at . Good Luck, Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest dot com) ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: TextWrangler integration scripts

Daniel Becker — 2008-10-06T12:17:34

Am 06.10.2008 um 13:53 schrieb Maarten Sneep: Thanks, Marten. It works very well with the BBEdit scripts after a few search&replace operations. Daniel ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: TextWrangler integration scripts

Maarten Sneep — 2008-10-06T11:53:38

Something failed in the build process, which leads to a failed TW scripts set. If you take the BBEdit scripts, and replace all occurrences of "BBedit" with "TextWrangler" and save the scripts again, you should have a working copy. I'm looking into automating this (if you try it, you'll notice why). If that fails I will drop support for TextWrangler completely. Maarten ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

TextWrangler integration scripts

Daniel Becker — 2008-10-06T09:16:44

Hallo - I wanted to try the TextWrangler integration scripts from http://www.xs4all.nl/~msneep/latex/ However, the folder "TeX Compilation" does not appear in the menu. All other items that I have in the folder appear. The folder contains: macbook-daniel:~ daniel$ ls -l /Users/daniel/Library/Application\ Support/TextWrangler/Scripts total 16 drwxr-xr-x 11 daniel staff 374 6 Okt 10:48 01)Stata Scripts drwxr-xr-x< at > 25 daniel staff 850 12 Sep 01:27 02)TeX Compilation drwxr-xr-x 7 daniel staff 238 25 Jan 2008 05)Duplicate Removal + Sorting Lines drwxr-xr-x 5 daniel staff 170 25 Jan 2008 10)Font + Invisibles -rwxr-xr-x< at > 1 daniel staff 3342 6 Okt 10:51 99)About the Scripts Menu.scpt I have no idea what to do - thanks for help Daniel ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: i-Installer Announcements from Gerben Wierda

Daniel Becker — 2008-10-06T08:24:40

Am 06.10.2008 um 04:23 schrieb David Derbes: from gtamcfonts: "There are four Apple fonts that can be used as serif bodyfonts in your doc uments: Baskerville, Didot, Georgia, and Hoefler Text." "There are seven Apple fonts that can be used as sans fonts in your documents: Futura, FuturaCondensed, GillSans, HelveticaNeue, LucidaGrande, Optima, and Verdana." After installing the ipackage:"texdoc gtamacfonts" in terminal opens the documentation. Best, Daniel ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: i-Installer Announcements from Gerben Wierda

Rolf Schmolling — 2008-10-06T07:23:34

Hello! A question: if I get this right, Gerben is offering a package for the TexLive 2008 distribution which would add GTAMac-fonts to this system, as long as the proper font-tools are installed? Sweet! Rolf Schmolling Am 06.10.2008 um 04:23 schrieb David Derbes: -- Rolf Schmolling M.A. Historian, Rolf.Schmolling-mTYH7kigdn+TChglSs8+0f60q2sDzT0c< at >public.gmane.org http://rolf_schmolling.macbay.de/ ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: i-Installer Announcements from Gerben Wierda

David Derbes — 2008-10-06T02:23:58

Thanks very much! Do you know which System fonts will be included? David Derbes U of Chicago Lab Schools On Oct 5, 2008, at 9:03 PM, Richard Koch wrote: ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: How to use special characters in TeXShop

David Derbes — 2008-10-06T02:27:18

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Re: How to use special characters in TeXShop

Michael Kubovy — 2008-10-06T03:40:21

How to use special characters in TeXShop

Yu (Ryan) Yue — 2008-10-06T02:06:46

i-Installer Announcements from Gerben Wierda

Richard Koch — 2008-10-06T02:03:22

Folks, Below are two announcements by Gerben Wierda that appeared on the Ii2- announce list. Both are of interest to members of this group: ----- i-Installer has been updated to version 2.92. One change: support for OS X version limitations in the i-Package. This enables me to create i- Packages that will work on 10.5 and up only. It will be pretty likely that upcoming i-Package updates will be 10.5 and up only as I do not have 10.4 systems anymore to build and building for 10.4 on 10.5 has turned out to be a nightmare. There is also a new i-Package: LZMA. It wIll install only on 10.5 if you use i-Installer 2.92. i-Installer 2.91 will happily install this on 10.4 and probably for this i-Package that will work. ------ I have released a special i-Package for TeX Live, "TeX Live Support: GW Extras". This i-Package contains GTAMacFonts and TeXDist: - GTAMacFonts requires the fondu program to work (i-Package available). It will unpack several Apple System fonts and make them usable for TeX. After installation, run "texdoc gtamacfonts" on the command line to get the documentation. These fonts need to be unpacked on your system for legal reasons, hence they cannot be fully part of a free TeX distribution. The i-Package installs the (free license) support files (e.g. style files) and then generates the ttf files from Apple's fonts and puts them in your texmf-local. - TeXDist is a way to represent TeX distributions and work with them. A texdist program is added to work with different distributions from the command line (texdist --help will give you documentation). It also installs the Preference Pane from Jérôme Laurens so you can switch TeX distributions easily. G PS. I am moving to TeX Live 2008 as my default system. This means that in the future I will probably completely drop any personal TeX distributions for my own use. I have not decided what to do with the existing stuff. ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: pdfcrop and white equations?

david craig — 2008-10-05T02:40:14

Forgive me if I don't entirely understand the upshot of your examples. The point is that ghostscript is determining the bounding box incorrectly? David Craig ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Beamer bug? \beamertemplatetransparentcovereddynamic +tabular

Christopher Menzel — 2008-10-05T01:32:41

I've found what seems to be a minor Beamer bug. The display option \beamertemplatetransparentcovereddynamic (and related options) together with \pause commands nicely displays increasingly faint renditions of upcoming bullet points of a slide, as seen here: http://cmenzel.org/Beamer.png . One should be able to get the same effect out of \pause for the successive rows of a table (generated by a tabular environment). However, this does not appear to work. Here's a pic from a presentation I prepared this week that illustrates the problem: http://cmenzel.org/BeamerBug.png . I have a \pause command inserted after the code for each row of the table and, in this slide, the presentation is \pause'd due to the occurrence of the command following the first row. As you can see, all of the first row is visible but only the first columns of the next rows are visible and increasingly faint. The second columns of those rows should be similarly faint. But instead the second column of *every* row in the table is fully visible. This appears to be a bug; if I don't use the \beamertemplate... option the pause commands work as expected. I could find no reference to this issue on the web. Any information appreciated. Thanks. Chris Menzel ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: Lucida

Michael Kubovy — 2008-10-04T19:06:56

Re: Autorotation again

Peter Dyballa — 2008-10-04T13:36:01

Am 04.10.2008 um 14:44 schrieb Roberto Avanzi: What I tried to impress is that once you have a working copy the original can be updated as often as it can. If it's afterwards defunctive, you still have something that works. So you have time to find a fix for the updated defunctive version. For gwTeX and TeX Live 2007 I kept this way my own copy of texdoc, which I used as general interface to all PDF, PS, DVI, and also text files. (In TeX Live 2008, pre-release from August, I need to create a new copy in lua-script because it does not seem to work as advertised. Hopefully the final release has something closer to its documentation.) -- Greetings Pete »¿ʇı̣ əsnqɐ ʇ,uɐɔ noʎ ɟı̣ ɓuı̣ɥʇʎuɐ sı̣ pooɓ ʇɐɥʍ« ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: Lucida

Herbert Schulz — 2008-10-04T13:14:42

On Oct 4, 2008, at 6:43 AM, Michael Kubovy wrote: Howdy, 1)Didn't you run updmap rather than updmap-sys at some point? Remove the ~/.texlive2008 directory and its contents. It will be recreated if/ when it is needed. 2)Try to disable the map and then re-enable it using the suggested sudo updmap-sys --syncwithtrees sudo updmap-sys --disable lucida.map sudo updmap-sys --enable Map=lucida.map which will have updmap-sys pick up the additional map(s), force the disabling of the lucida map and then re-enable the map cleanly. You can speed the process up a bit by adding the options `--nohash -- nomkmap' to the first two commands; e.g., sudo updmap-sys --nohash --nomkmap --syncwithtrees sudo updmap-sys --nohash --nomkmap --disable lucida.map sudo updmap-sys --enable Map=lucida.map which will not take the time to re-create the system map file on those runs. Good Luck, Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest dot com) ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex

Re: Autorotation again

Roberto Avanzi — 2008-10-04T12:44:37

Well, of course, and I do. But the *same* change to one file, that used to work, would not work any longer AFTER the update. Which meant, I needed to find an alternative solution. Now I just set a global environment variable, and this is fine with me. Roberto ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting ----------- TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq List Reminders and Etiquette: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/ List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/ TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex